[AISWorld] CfP for the HICSS-45 minitrack on Social Media, Mashups, and Design Sciences Approaches

[Stefan.Smolnik at ebs.edu]

(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
Forty-Fifth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences
(HICSS-45)
January 4 - 7, 2012 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Grand Walea on Maui (http://www.grandwailea.com)

Track: Knowledge Systems
Minitrack: Social Media, Mashups, and Design Sciences Approaches

The objective of this minitrack is to develop architectures of particularly
social knowledge systems to support organizations facing changing
environments. Organizational decision-making and learning are
people-intensive processes. Individuals learn and share what they have
learned with those 'nearby' them, who in turn share knowledge with others.
Growth of knowledge and the understanding it brings enable organizations to
react quickly to changing environments, a necessity for survival. However,
because these needs are so strongly based in the social perspective, we
believe that technological support of these systems should have a
foundation that can recognize the social aspects of knowledge creation and
use (see, for example, Brown and Duguid 2000). Researchers and
practitioners interested in submitting papers to this minitrack are
encouraged to explore knowledge management (KM) architectures, tools, and
social media technologies such as mashups in the context of knowledge
systems - for example as related to supporting knowledge use and transfer
or to organizational learning, particularly from a design science
perspective. We welcome a wide range of approaches that focus on
architectural design for knowledge-based or learning organizations.

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
* Methodologies, tools, processes, technologies for developing knowledge
and/or organizational memory systems
* Empirical studies of designing and using KM tools and knowledge systems
* Systems design for social knowledge creation and use, e.g. social media
system architectures
* Knowledge services and mashups
* Social media/Web 2.0 technologies as part of knowledge systems
* Cloud computing for supporting KM processes
* KM tools that map, track, or visualize social networks to facilitate
knowledge sharing
* Evaluation of knowledge retrieval and representation methods
* Using semantic technologies to implement knowledge retrieval and
representation
* Developing processes and systems for knowledge visualization techniques
* Science of design and design theory
* Philosophical foundations of design science
* Evaluation of design science research
* Design processes
* Representations for design
* Design evolution
* Business and organizational design
* Design for innovation
* Design economics
* Modularity and rules in design
* Architectures for design
* Meta-design control in design
* Design of software-intensive systems
* Learning-based systems design

Co-chairs:
Stefan Smolnik (Primary Contact)
Institute of Research on Information Systems (IRIS)
EBS Business School
EBS Universitaet fuer Wirtschaft und Recht i. Gr.
Soehnleinstr. 8D
65201 Wiesbaden, Germany
Phone: +49 611 7102 2177
Fax: +49 611 7102 102177
Email: stefan.smolnik<at>ebs.edu
WWW: http://www.ebs.edu/iris

Nassim Belbaly
GSCM Montpellier Business School
2300, Avenue des Moulins
34185 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
Phone: +33 (0) 4 67 10 25 16
Fax: +33(0) 4 67 45 13 56
E-mail: n.belbaly<at>supco-montpellier.fr

Richard Orwig
Accounting and Information Systems
Weis School of Business
Susquehanna University
514 University Ave.
Selinsgrove, PA 17870, USA
Phone: (570) 372-4380
E-mail: orwig<at>susqu.edu


HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the
information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in
both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual,
tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be
included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer
Society.

Important 2011 Deadlines for Authors:
* From now to June 1 [Optional]: Prepare Abstracts. Then, contact Minitrack
Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content.
* June 15: Authors submit full papers by this date, following the author
instructions (http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_45/apahome45.htm). All
papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to
10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS papers undergo a
double-blind review (June15 - August15); therefore, this submission must be
without author names.
* August 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very
important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the
conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees – including visa or fiscal/
funding procedures – should begin immediately. Make sure your server
accepts the address from our review system
https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
* September 15: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on
Sept 16 and Dec 16.) Add author names to paper, and submit Final Paper for
Publication. At least one author of each paper should register by this date
in order secure publication in the Proceedings.
* October 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted
from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so
notified by the Conference Office.

Instructions for Paper Submission:
* Submit your full manuscript by June 15, and if accepted, submit the Final
Version by Sept 15, according to detailed instructions posted on the HICSS
website.
* HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been
previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions
undergo a double-blind peer review process.
* Abstracts are optional, but strongly recommended. You may contact the
Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content.
* Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more
than one minitrack either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without
consultation with author. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack,
submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek
opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting.
* Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an
individual may be listed as author/co-author on no more than 5 submitted
papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or
acceptance.

Additional details may be found on HICSS primary website:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu

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